THE TREE OF LIFE

400.000 children have been died prematurely in Europe by air pollution

In 2011, the latest year for which figures have been

reliably collated, more than 400,000 are estimated to
have died prematurely as a result of breathing toxic
fumes, despite recent improvements in some
countries.The UK has been one of the worst
offenders, with government figures showing that
European Union regulations on air quality will not be
met in cities including London, Birmingham and
Leeds until 2030.Europe is also faring badly on
other environmental indicators, including the loss of

Three people were killed and

one child was badly injured in
acollision between two cars
on the piedecuesta Highway
yesterday.

biodiversity to intensive farming and urbanisation,

and the poor state of many inland freshwater
systems, according to the State of the Environment
report for 2015, published by the European
Environment Agency on Tuesday (3 March). There
have been some successes: coastal water pollution
has been cleared up in many regions in the last two
decades, as untreated sewage is no longer allowed
to foul bathing beaches, and greenhouse gas
emissions have been reduced overall.

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